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authorAnthony G. Basile <blueness@gentoo.org>2012-11-15 10:10:41 -0500
committerAnthony G. Basile <blueness@gentoo.org>2012-11-15 10:10:41 -0500
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Fork of Original Code Base: anongit.freedesktop.org/systemd
This is the initial fork of the code base from freedsktop.org. The code is provided here as a reference of the initial starting point and for possible future checkouts after a large portion of this code is removed. Merge git://anongit.freedesktop.org/systemd/systemd
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+<?xml version='1.0'?> <!--*-nxml-*-->
+<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN"
+ "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd">
+
+<!--
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+
+ Copyright 2010 Lennart Poettering
+
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+-->
+
+<refentry id="systemd-logind.service">
+
+ <refentryinfo>
+ <title>systemd-logind.service</title>
+ <productname>systemd</productname>
+
+ <authorgroup>
+ <author>
+ <contrib>Developer</contrib>
+ <firstname>Lennart</firstname>
+ <surname>Poettering</surname>
+ <email>lennart@poettering.net</email>
+ </author>
+ </authorgroup>
+ </refentryinfo>
+
+ <refmeta>
+ <refentrytitle>systemd-logind.service</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
+ </refmeta>
+
+ <refnamediv>
+ <refname>systemd-logind.service</refname>
+ <refname>systemd-logind</refname>
+ <refpurpose>Login manager</refpurpose>
+ </refnamediv>
+
+ <refsynopsisdiv>
+ <para><filename>systemd-logind.service</filename></para>
+ <para><filename>/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-logind</filename></para>
+ </refsynopsisdiv>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Description</title>
+
+ <para><filename>systemd-logind</filename> is a system
+ service that manages user logins. It is responsible
+ for:</para>
+
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem><para>Keeping track of users and sessions, their
+ processes and their idle state</para></listitem>
+
+ <listitem><para>Creating control groups for
+ user processes</para></listitem>
+
+ <listitem><para>Providing PolicyKit-based access
+ for users to operations such as system
+ shutdown or sleep</para></listitem>
+
+ <listitem><para>Implementing a shutdown/sleep
+ inhibition logic for
+ applications</para></listitem>
+
+ <listitem><para>Handling of power/sleep
+ hardware keys</para></listitem>
+
+ <listitem><para>Multi-seat
+ management</para></listitem>
+
+ <listitem><para>Session
+ switch management</para></listitem>
+
+ <listitem><para>Device access management for
+ users</para></listitem>
+
+ <listitem><para>Automatic spawning of text
+ logins (gettys) on virtual console activation
+ and user runtime directory
+ management</para></listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+
+ <para>User sessions are registered in logind via the
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>pam_systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ PAM module.</para>
+
+ <para>See
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>logind.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ for information about the configuration of this
+ service.</para>
+
+ <para>See <ulink
+ url="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/multiseat">Multi-Seat
+ on Linux</ulink> for an introduction into basic
+ concepts of logind such as users, sessions and seats.</para>
+
+ <para>See the <ulink
+ url="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/logind">
+ logind D-Bus API Documentation</ulink> for information about
+ the APIs <filename>systemd-logind</filename>
+ provides.</para>
+
+ <para>For more information on the inhibition logic see
+ the <ulink
+ url="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/inhibit">Inhibitor
+ Lock Developer Documentation</ulink>.</para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>See Also</title>
+ <para>
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd-user-sessions.service</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>loginctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>logind.conf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
+ <citerefentry><refentrytitle>pam_systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>
+ </para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+</refentry>